Category: Top Dog

I want to stay under $1.50 a pound for a 40lb to 50lb bag. Have three large dogs. Pickiest dog tends to like smellier food. I was looking at Beneful Salmon or 4health Salmon and potato.

Hello,

I have a Yorkshire Terrier who’s 9 years old who is going blind. It’s been incredibly tough on me, but I know that for dogs it’s not their primary sense. Hearing and Smelling are. I also know that it’s more difficult on the owner than the actual pet themselves, so I am just adjusting.

He is still active and surprisingly was able to navigate his walks very well, even pulling me with his leash. It’s like he hasn’t missed a beat! He has bumped his head on walls and other things which is expected. He still knows where his food and water bowls are and is able to use the doggy door pretty good out into our backyard.

Please tell me your best blind dog success stories, and any helpful tips as my little buddy and I navigate this new way of life! Cheers to you and your little puppers! Thank you!

alright pup owners, looking for your favorite subscription boxes. looking to get my little nephew (dachshund) a subscription boxes for christmas. i would actually prefer one that doesn’t have just toys. maybe some treats, grooming items, accessories. drop your favorites below please!

Does your dog turn his head when he hears an odd noise? Does your dog bury their food with your pants? This is the thread to ask why.

Please keep this thread to non-medical issues only.

Hey everyone, ive been thinking about getting a puppy for a while now. So I could have a little companion so I’m not fully alone, but I really didn’t want a really young puppy, i get too worried for really young ones, so I preferably wanted one around 4-6 months old, but I was worried if it would develop separation anxiety, I don’t want to distress it or make my pet sad or upset, it hurts me to hear puppies whine and howl when they’re alone (I experienced this when I was at my bfs house) it makes me sad so I want to avoid it

I have a 5 year old poodle, and he is aggressive to both humans and other dogs. I live in an apartment, and he barks at the door whenever he hears someone outside. He can’t get along with other dogs; he lunges at them and tries to fight them. He doesn’t even get along with me. He bites and growls at me all the time, and he scratches my door constantly. The only time he seems behaved is when food is involved, but even then he will try to steal food from me. How can I change this behaviour?

This greyhound beauty just came off the track. It’s a boy. Right now his name is Viper. We would like to have a good name for him, maybe something softer. Also, maybe something associated with Christmas since he’s coming to his new home on Christmas Eve.What recommendations do you all have?

We rescued a dog around 3 weeks ago, overall he’s a saint. He listens, sometimes less when distracted, but nothing that we can’t fix. Is comfortable staying alone, doesn’t go nuts in the home, is friendly with all dogs, but… he chases all cats he sees, barking and behaving so differently I’m losing hoping that we can train it out of him.

He’s 2 years old, lived 1 year in a crate and 1 year on a farm from which he was kicked out after smothering 7 chickens. He’s a mixed breed, not castrated yet, medium sized and loves to smell everything around, he seriously sticks his nose deep and can spend even 30 seconds smelling 1 spot. Which I guess might be some hunting behaviours?

Is it even possible at all to train the dog not to react to cats at all? Right now he’s going completely out of control only on this aspect

hi all! we are first time dog owners and recently (6 days ago) adopted a korean rescue dog. he was with a foster in korea for a few months prior to being flown here, and that foster described him as exceedingly independent, not craving human touch, and able to be alone in a crate or outside of a crate for several hours at a time.

when we brought him home, we decided to make his “safe space” our bedroom, because it had the least wires on the floor and was the easiest to close off. we put a crate in the the bedroom. when he arrived, i let him sniff around a bit, and he immediately gravitated towards our bed. we don’t mind having him on the bed, so we let him on, but now he is extremely attached to it. he can only be truly calm when he’s there, and the real issue is that he needs us to be on the bed with him in order to calm down. he appears to be very fearful of the crate. we are working from home for the next few weeks, and so are around, but we can’t clean the house or use the kitchen without him freaking out. by “freaking out” i mean he begins to shake and pant very intensely. he doesn’t really have “accidents” or do anything destructive.

we’ve started sort of “pushing through the pain,” which is to say, we’ve been using the other rooms in the house for 5mins-1 hour at a time. because he’s not doing anything destructive, this hasn’t resulted in anything bad happening to the house, but we’re sort of accepting the panting and the shaking as a necessary effect of this approach. are we pushing him too hard? should we continue this approach? any advice would be welcome!

I have an 8 month old dog who I have never once let on the couch. He knew to calmly sit on the floor next to me if he wanted attention, and that even putting his paws on the couch meant he would be getting completely ignored. He’s been perfect at this since he understood the rules months ago.

But my issues began when my roommate let his friend crash at our house. He knew the rules about the dog, but he let him jump up on the couch anyway. And now all my couch training has been ruined. He just jumps onto the couch whenever he wants, and idk how to stop him. I don’t do any negative reinforcement beyond ignoring him when he’s misbehaving. But he likes lying on the couch more than he dislikes me ignoring him.

What can I do to stop this behavior? I wouldn’t personally mind him hanging on the couch, but he’s a big dog and all that jumping up and down will wear on his hips eventually. And that’s what I’m trying to prevent